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Top Birds at Hempstead Lake SP in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 399 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Hempstead Lake SP in May. The difference in probability relative to other nearby locations is also shown, to highlight which birds are particularly likely to be found (or not found) at this specific location. The chart shows how many distinct species have historically been observed at this location for each month of the year.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   American Robin 73.3% 79.2% 5.9%
2   Gray Catbird 65.9% 79.2% 13.3%
3   Yellow Warbler 42.5% 77.7% 35.2%
4   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 74.2% 15.2%
5   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 73.4% 20.2%
6   Warbling Vireo 32.0% 71.2% 39.2%
7   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.1% 70.9% 32.9%
8   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.7% 64.7% 31.0%
9   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.3% 64.2% 49.9%
10   Baltimore Oriole 44.6% 63.9% 19.3%
11   European Starling 58.4% 63.4% 5.0%
12   Common Grackle 54.9% 63.4% 8.5%
13   Mourning Dove 53.4% 63.2% 9.8%
14   Blue Jay 49.2% 61.4% 12.2%
15   House Sparrow 57.0% 59.4% 2.4%
16   Mallard 49.3% 58.4% 9.1%
17   Song Sparrow 35.5% 57.1% 21.7%
18   Northern Parula 35.6% 56.1% 20.5%
19   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 54.6% 15.2%
20   American Redstart 40.4% 47.4% 7.0%
21   Red-eyed Vireo 22.7% 47.4% 24.7%
22   Carolina Wren 19.7% 45.6% 25.9%
23   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.0% 45.6% 27.6%
24   Canada Goose 45.1% 42.9% 2.3%
25   Chimney Swift 29.8% 42.6% 12.8%
26   Northern Flicker 29.0% 42.6% 13.6%
27   Osprey 16.3% 42.1% 25.8%
28   American Goldfinch 28.6% 39.6% 11.0%
29   Fish Crow 10.8% 38.1% 27.3%
30   Black-capped Chickadee 12.0% 37.8% 25.8%
31   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 36.6% 8.5%
32   Tree Swallow 22.4% 36.6% 14.2%
33   Barn Swallow 31.7% 36.1% 4.4%
34   Tufted Titmouse 15.5% 35.1% 19.6%
35   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 34.1% 0.2%
36   Herring Gull 23.4% 33.8% 10.4%
37   Eastern Kingbird 16.8% 31.6% 14.8%
38   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.1% 31.3% 11.2%
39   Common Yellowthroat 47.6% 30.3% 17.3%
40   House Wren 26.7% 30.1% 3.4%
41   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.7% 29.8% 9.1%
42   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.6% 28.1% 17.4%
43   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 27.1% 0.3%
44   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 26.6% 8.3%
45   Double-crested Cormorant 34.1% 26.1% 8.0%
46   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 25.3% 3.4%
47   Wood Duck 9.3% 25.1% 15.8%
48   Ovenbird 32.7% 24.8% 7.9%
49   Mute Swan 11.5% 24.8% 13.3%
50   Wood Thrush 23.1% 24.6% 1.5%
51   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 24.3% 1.1%
52   Laughing Gull 16.8% 23.8% 7.0%
53   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 23.1% 5.0%
54   Eastern Towhee 19.8% 22.3% 2.5%
55   Blue-headed Vireo 14.2% 21.8% 7.6%
56   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 20.8% 6.7%
57   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 17.5% 18.0%
58   American Crow 17.6% 17.3% 0.4%
59   Great Egret 25.4% 16.8% 8.6%
60   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 16.8% 2.1%
61   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 14.8% 2.8%
62   Blackburnian Warbler 9.4% 14.0% 4.6%
63   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 13.3% 4.8%
64   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 13.3% 7.5%
65   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 13.0% 6.8%
66   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 12.5% 1.4%
67   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 12.5% 3.6%
68   Forster's Tern 7.9% 12.3% 4.4%
69   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 12.0% 2.3%
70   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 11.8% 4.5%
71   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 11.5% 5.3%
72   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 11.0% 2.7%
73   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 10.5% 1.9%
74   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 10.0% 3.2%
75   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 9.8% 6.3%
76   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 9.0% 1.1%
77   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 9.0% 4.7%
78   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 9.0% 8.1%
79   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 8.8% 4.6%
80   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 8.0% 8.5%
81   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 7.5% 2.1%
82   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 7.5% 2.9%
83   Veery 20.1% 7.3% 12.8%
84   House Finch 16.1% 7.0% 9.0%
85   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 6.8% 2.6%
86   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 6.5% 3.7%
87   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 6.5% 3.5%
88   Blue-winged Warbler 6.6% 6.5% 0.1%
89   Palm Warbler 5.3% 6.5% 1.2%
90   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 6.0% 11.8%
91   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 5.8% 3.1%
92   Green Heron 9.0% 5.0% 4.0%
93   Canada Warbler 11.7% 4.8% 6.9%
94   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 4.3% 6.8%
95   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 4.3% 2.0%
96   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 4.0% 3.3%
97   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 3.8% 2.2%
98   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 3.5% 9.6%
99   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 3.5% 3.5%
100   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 3.0% 1.0%
101   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 2.8% 8.9%
102   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 2.8% 1.2%
103   Bank Swallow 2.5% 2.8% 0.2%
104   Common Tern 5.8% 2.5% 3.3%
105   Bald Eagle 2.5% 2.5% 0.0%
106   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 2.5% 0.9%
107   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 2.3% 0.5%
108   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 2.3% 0.3%
109   American Wigeon 0.2% 2.3% 2.0%
110   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 2.0% 1.4%
111   Summer Tanager 1.7% 2.0% 0.3%
112   Greater Yellowlegs 5.9% 1.8% 4.1%
113   Pine Warbler 1.7% 1.8% 0.1%
114   Prothonotary Warbler 1.1% 1.8% 0.7%
115   Snowy Egret 10.0% 1.5% 8.5%
116   Killdeer 9.3% 1.5% 7.8%
117   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 1.5% 4.0%
118   American Black Duck 5.0% 1.5% 3.5%
119   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 1.5% 1.7%
120   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 1.5% 0.7%
121   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 1.3% 8.5%
122   Least Sandpiper 7.1% 1.3% 5.9%
123   Common Raven 2.5% 1.3% 1.3%
124   Rusty Blackbird 0.5% 1.3% 0.8%
125   Yellow-throated Warbler 0.3% 1.3% 1.0%
126   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 1.0% 3.9%
127   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.9% 1.0% 2.9%
128   Cerulean Warbler 0.7% 1.0% 0.3%
129   Blue-winged Teal 0.5% 1.0% 0.5%
130   Semipalmated Sandpiper 4.9% 0.8% 4.1%
131   Field Sparrow 3.4% 0.8% 2.7%
132   Common Loon 2.5% 0.8% 1.7%
133   Green-winged Teal 0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
134   Swainson's Warbler 0.2% 0.8% 0.6%
135   Glossy Ibis 4.3% 0.5% 3.8%
136   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 0.5% 2.4%
137   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.8% 0.5% 2.2%
138   Purple Martin 1.4% 0.5% 0.9%
139   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
140   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
141   Muscovy Duck 0.1% 0.5% 0.5%
142   Brant 10.8% 0.3% 10.5%
143   Gadwall 7.0% 0.3% 6.7%
144   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 0.3% 5.2%
145   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 0.3% 3.4%
146   Ruddy Duck 3.3% 0.3% 3.1%
147   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 0.3% 2.4%
148   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 0.3% 1.6%
149   Eastern Bluebird 1.2% 0.3% 1.0%
150   Bufflehead 1.2% 0.3% 0.9%
151   Broad-winged Hawk 1.1% 0.3% 0.9%
152   Red-throated Loon 1.1% 0.3% 0.8%
153   Ring-necked Pheasant 1.0% 0.3% 0.8%
154   Merlin 0.9% 0.3% 0.7%
155   Blue Grosbeak 0.8% 0.3% 0.5%
156   Kentucky Warbler 0.8% 0.3% 0.5%
157   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.7% 0.3% 0.5%
158   Red-shouldered Hawk 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
159   Alder Flycatcher 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
160   Common Merganser 0.4% 0.3% 0.2%
161   Caspian Tern 0.2% 0.3% 0.0%
162   Pied-billed Grebe 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
163   Mississippi Kite 0.1% 0.3% 0.1%
164   Philadelphia Vireo 0.1% 0.3% 0.1%
165   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%